Martínez-Almeida wants Madrid to fight for the 2032 Olympic Games

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The new councilor of the capital's City Council has assured that he will start talks for Madrid to try again to organize the Olympic Games, specifically for 2032. Madrid has tried, without success, to host the Games on four occasions: 1972, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Discover more stories on Business Insider Spain The new mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida , assured this Monday that he will begin the necessary conversations and consultations to try to get Madrid to re-enter the fight to organize the 2032 Olympic Games. In an interview published in the newspaper ABC , Almeida has declared that he is willing to "start conversations with the rest of the municipal groups, business associations, representative unions, the Spanish Olympic Committee and sports federations to see their opinions.

In fact, in its electoral program for the municipal elections last March 26, the PP recovered the promise of some of its predecessors in office, and promised to compete again to convert the capital into the headquarters of the Olympic Games. However, the intention for Madrid to host the largest sporting event in Sweden Mobile Number List the world is not new. More than 50 years ago, in the midst of late Francoism, the regime launched itself into the Olympic race for the Games. Despite being the first attempt and competing with cities like Montreal or Detroit, Madrid lost in the final against Munich. Madrid did not present a candidacy again until more than a decade ago, when former mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP), also set the goal of organizing the 2012 Olympics.



Then, Madrid had to compete with cities such as Paris, New York, Moscow and London, which was finally chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). A few years later, and again as mayor, Gallardón tried again for Madrid to hold the 2016 Games. As happened in the 60s, this time was where the capital came closest to winning, as it once again managed getting into the final alongside Rio de Janeiro and after surpassing Chicago and Tokyo in points. Even so, the Brazilian city turned out to be the chosen host. Once Gallardón left the Mayor's Office - in 2011 he became part of Rajoy's executive as Minister of Justice - he was replaced in office by Ana Botella (PP), who also made it a political priority to bring the Games to Madrid.